diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index f047c5a7f64c1c35e7eed64b9818906e6f95885d..78d1aa5f7f9a600fd35950d9ee8c7e3562046a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ static int VmbusChannelCreateGpadlHeader(void *Kbuffer, u32 Size,
 			  sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_header) +
 			  sizeof(struct gpa_range) + pageCount * sizeof(u64);
 		msgHeader = kzalloc(msgSize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (msgHeader == NULL)
+			goto nomem;
 		msgHeader->MessageSize = msgSize;
 
 		gpaHeader = (struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_header *)msgHeader->Msg;